"The recommendations provide a foundation for a provincial response to govern the inspection and, perhaps more importantly the remediation, of residential grow operations to ensure that former grow operations are properly reclaimed," said Jonathan Denis, the minister of Justice.

He said the proposal calls for placing a caveat on a property that has been identified as a grow-op and only removing that caveat if the property has been fully reclaimed.

"That would encourage private sector developers to come in and deal with the particular property," said Denis.

Information sharing proposed

The report recommends several steps for improving the disclosure of information about grow-ops such as considering options that would require real estate agents, when they have knowledge that a property was used as a grow op, to disclose that information to potential buyers.

Another recommendation suggests exploring ways for utility companies to advise police about electricity theft, without violating the privacy of a customer.

The provincial government says it will move ahead immediately on recommendations about information sharing.

Other recommendations will take longer to implement, such as establishing air testing guidelines as part of the grow-op remediation process.

The province says this report does not deal with the decriminalization of marijuana, which is a federal responsibility.